§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a constable, James D. Leslie, Royal Irish Constabulary, at present stationed in Luggacurran, Queen's County, is married to the principal female teacher in the Protestant national school in the parish; and whether he can say if it is in accordance with the constabulary regulations that a constable should be located in a parish in which his wife is principal school teacher.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe fact is as stated in the first inquiry, and there is no regulation to the contrary.
§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether Constable Leslie, Luggacurran, Queen's County, whose wife is principal female teacher in the local Protestant school, uses his position to influence and intimidate parents from sending their children to the Catholic school in order to raise the average attendance in his wife's school; and whether he will say what steps he proposes taking in the matter.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe police authorities have no reason to believe that there is any foundation for this allegation. If the hon. Member will furnish me with information as to any specific instance, I will have the matter inquired into.